Once you start rhyming, it’s pretty hard to stop: “I never thought rhyming words was something I could do,/ then one popped in my head, followed by another two./ Have a go, do it now, rhyme your every word,/ and sometimes what you get, is...

The Balance of Power is the second novel in the Zodiac Saga by Kaitlyn McKnight. The story follows 13-year-old Cyrus O’Hara, a.k.a. Lancaster, as he fights the odds to save the world. Lancaster needs to save the world from a mysterious force that is hellbent...

Sometimes the innocence of children is more accepting than that of their peers. When young Harper meets a girl at the pool who’s a little different, she takes it all in her stride. Harper doesn’t understand why Emma doesn’t talk; she doesn’t understand why Emma...

The Girl from Cairo: A Memoir by Peggy Hinaekian is the autobiography of an Armenian girl who grew up in exile in a suburb of Cairo known as Heliopolis. Peggy’s family were considered well off by Egyptian standards but her mother was required to jump...

From the Summer of Love to the Valley of the Moon by Nancy J Martin is a non-fiction memoir that chronicles the life of Martin as she navigates through the San Francisco Bay Area in the late 1960s and the transition to adulthood into the...

Among the Beautiful Beasts by Lori McMullen is a historical journey told in the first-person voice of Marjory Stoneman Douglas. But it is also the story of Miami. In its infancy, Miami, Florida, in 1919, began growing with all the awkwardness of a petulant child....

Blooming in Winter: The Story of a Remarkable Twentieth-Century Woman is written by Pam Valois. Valois and her husband’s first meeting with Jacomena Maybeck was in 1977. Jackie, as she preferred to be called, was on a roof, and Valois and her husband knew then...

Will You Still Love Me If I Become Someone Else? is an ingenious tale that combines science fiction with a psychological thriller, although the science is far from being plausible. But that does not matter, because author Jotham Austin, II gives you a plot that...

Once Upon a Treatise by Sheldon Saurs is a spellbinding fantasy tale that explores a wizard’s obsession with a magical book that will make him unbeatable. The wizard Enrandl has always had a natural ability to access the magical arts and he crushes everything that...

EUNUCH by E. I. Q. is a speculative fiction novel that revolves around a dystopian alternate reality where control has been relinquished to the far right who have zealously imposed their extreme version of Christianity on all amid the carnage of a demagogue president, climate...

Eat. Move. Improve: A Practical Nutrition, Fitness, And Mindset Guide Creating Creating Momentum Toward Improved Health and Wellness by Anthony DiMarino is a fascinating book for readers who are health conscious and want to work on their nutrition, diet, and well-being. The book has three...

In Dormir by Michael Golvach, a life of combat and brutality has left Private Investigator Payden Beck tired and embittered. He longs for a peaceful future away from law enforcement, so when Police Officer Bill Dooley asks for his help to locate his missing niece,...

Being Authentic by Morhaf Al Achkar is the author's memoir that spans from childhood and early adulthood in Syria to his time in the United States after being granted a student visa in 2006. Al Achkar begins with a lengthy introduction to his family life...

The Summer Tour by Mandy Melanson is a delightful contemporary romance. This book took me a little time to get into it. Once I did, I enjoyed it for what it was; a simple, sweet story about a rockstar that wasn't like the others, and...

After Steve Harryman’s wife was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor, the next 25 years of their life together becomes a profound personal transformation and embodiment of faith. This is Char's Gift: A Remarkable Story of Hope Through the Storms of Life by Steve Harryman....

The Buds Are Calling by B. Coyne Davies takes us for a deep dive into the world of commercial cannabis production, for medical purposes. Ernie Kippett has been truly beaten down by life; he lost his house and his partner in the financial crisis of...

Girls Can Be Anything is a children’s book written by Dr. Tamecca Rogers, the Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Tulsa Technology Center, and London Love, a third-grader herself. The story takes place on Inauguration Day in America when Kamala Harris becomes the new...

In Dust Of Lies by GK Davenport, Kay and her husband Darrell moved to Barber, Arkansas a few years ago to care for his elderly mother, Viva. As a reporter for the Barber Gazette, Kay is sent to report on the demolition of an old...

Gary is part goat and part moose or, in other words, a goat moose. His mother was a moose and his father a goat – quite the combination. Unfortunately for Gary, it meant he was really different. Other animals didn’t know quite what to make...

It’s Kalani’s fifth birthday and she’s excited to have Ava there to play with her. They ride Kalani’s new scooter, but when they reach old Mrs. Wobbelot’s house, they both feel sad. Why? Because Mrs. Wobbelot is grumpy and sad. Kalani wants Mrs. Wobbelot to...